This year's family music festival was so successful organisers are planning to hold future events.

Welcome Bay Community Centre manager Anna Larsen says the Welcome Bay Family Music Festival had more than 1700 head down to Tye Park to see class acts such as Whirimako Black, Empress and Regan Perry & The Revolutionaries.

Raw Deal performing at the Welcome Bay Family Music Festival. Photos: Chris Callinan.

'I'd say without a doubt it was successful. We've had people from all over [the region] coming to this.”

It's the second time the event has been held and it featured 13 live bands, plus an eclectic array of solo acts, headlined by Whirimako on Saturday.

There were also a number of free kids' activities throughout the day, including pony rides, giant games, a water slide and bouncy castles.

'Gosh [Whirimako], she was just beautiful. She's an absolutely beautiful performer,” says Anna.

'Although she was the headline act, we had lots of other acts. We had Raw Deal and Regan Perry, all the music was fantastic.”

Although the centre is still adding up the final tally for the event, Anna says the money mande will be used for another event in the future.

It will also go towards the running costs of the centre.

Anna says the event was made successful not just form the class acts performing on the day but also from the volunteers who worked on the day.

'We had over 130 volunteers. That's a lot of work for people in our community to pull together. They got a free t-shirt and were given water through the day… they just did a sterling job.

'The other thing was working with other local community organisations, like the Volunteer Western Bay of Plenty, the YMCA and the Kindergarten and what have you.”

Stella Waata,4, Roimata Grennell and 7-month-old Aniwa Grennell enjoying the festival.

Some of the children enjoying the water-slide.

Te Rua Pavez, 2, having fun on the bouncy castle.

Festival goers enjoying the sun and fun at Tye Park.